Kershaw County's Veterans Affairs Office, run by Veteran's Affairs Officer Barbara Ray with administrative assistant Holley Kelly, in the Kershaw County Government Center, Room 150, 515 Walnut Street, Camden, 803-425-1500 ext. 5318, weekdays 8:30 to 5, prepares and submits VA claims - compensation and pension, dependents' and survivors' benefits, burial, medical care, education, home loans, life insurance - plus discharge review and the State's exemptions and V-tags; the DAV van runs to the Dorn VA Medical Center on Wednesdays.
Also called: county veterans affairs officer, CVAO, veterans service office, claims help, Barbara Ray, DAV van, 25-11-40, Camden, PT-401I, Camden, Lugoff, Elgin, Bethune.
For: Veteran or service member, spouse, child, survivor.
Every South Carolina county has a veterans' affairs officer under section 25-11-40; see the South Carolina entry on county veterans affairs officers. Kershaw County's page: "The Kershaw County Veterans Affairs Office is an advocate for veterans and/or their surviving dependents to provide the assistance in preparation and submission of VA claims for benefits through the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs." The list it gives: service-connected disability compensation and non-service-connected pension; dependents' and survivors' benefits; burial benefits; medical care; educational assistance, including vocational rehabilitation; VA home loans; government life insurance; and other benefits - plus help filing for review of discharge and correction of military records, and for State benefits (the property tax exemption and V-tags) for veterans rated 100% permanently and totally disabled, including free tuition at State-supported colleges for eligible children.
What it does not do. "This office does not: Disburse funds; Determine eligibility or entitlement; Assist in distribution of benefit claims for estranged or separated spouses; Schedule appointments or have control over appointments at the VA Medical Center; Provide job placement."
Where and when. Kershaw County Government Center, Room 150, 515 Walnut Street, Camden, SC 29020; Barbara Ray, Veteran's Affairs Officer, 803-425-1521, [email protected]; Holley Kelly, administrative assistant, (803) 425-1500 ext. 5318; fax 803-424-4020; Monday to Friday 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. The office also lists the VA hospitals and clinics a Kershaw veteran is likeliest to use - the Dorn VA Medical Center in Columbia, the Rock Hill and Sumter community clinics and the VA Florence clinic - and the DAV van, which goes to the Columbia VA Medical Center on Wednesdays only; 803-669-4789 to schedule transportation.
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